Incident category | ||||||||
Medication | Mechanical ventilation | IV lines | Total | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | N | % | |
Number of analysed incidents | ||||||||
2005 | 352/619 | (57) | 79/193 | (41) | 59/119 | (50) | 490/931 | (53) |
2006 | 332/543 | (61) | 108/211 | (51) | 51/101 | (50) | 491/855 | (57) |
Total | 684/1162 | (59) | 187/404 | (46) | 110/220 | (50) | 981/1786 | (55) |
Number of root causes/incident† | ||||||||
2005 | 2.5 (870/352) | 2.7 (210/79) | 2.7 (160/59) | 2.5 (1240/490) | ||||
2006 | 2.1 (698/332) | 2.4 (259/108) | 2.3 (116/51) | 2.2 (1073/491) | ||||
Total | 2.3 (1568/684) | 2.5 (469/187) | 2.5 (276/110) | 2.4 (2313/981) |
*As identified in the central NEOSAFE database (July 2005–June 2006).
†As identified through the causal tree incident description method.